E1: 42: The Inventory Commitment Advanced Preference Does Not Work with Future Committed Orders (Doc ID 3070294.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 05, 2025

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The Inventory Commitment Advanced Preference Does Not Work with Future Committed Orders.

According to Doc ID 1641298.1 - E1: 42: Inventory Commitment Preference Basic and Advanced Profiles:

In Sales Order Entry (P4210) Preference Tab Option #2 (Inventory Commitment Preference) can be set to a value of 2 (Activate Inventory Commitment Preference for all orders). When this setting is used, the system performs inventory commitment preference for all orders, regardless of the commitment window of the header branch/plant. Since availability checking is bypassed, the preference cannot assign the branch based upon available inventory so instead is assigns the first preference branch where the commitment days are exceeded.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Availability Inquiry (P41202) shows Item ICP230 has 14 units available in four branches.
  a. Branch M30 stocks no inventory as it is a sales branch with no warehouse.

2. Go into menu G40311 Advanced Preferences> Advanced Preference Schedule Revisions (P4070) and find the schedule ADVPREF.
  a. Review the preferences in schedule.
  b. Check the checkbox to select Advanced Preference Type 05 (Inventory Commitment).

3. Row Exit to Pref Detail.

4. Click Add (+) to add a new Preference Detail (P4072) record.
  a. On Preference Hierarchy Selection, select Item Only.
  b. Enter Item Number and effective dates and check the checkbox.
  c. Row Exit to Pref Details.
  d. Enter Branch 10 is the first preferred branch, Branch 30 is the second preferred branch and Branch 20 is the third preferred branch.
  e. Save the advanced preference setup

5. Go into Branch Plant Constants for Branch Plant 10.
  a. Set the Specific Commitment Days to 7.
  b. Anything with a Pick Date more than 7 days in the future is considered Future Committed.
  c. Commitment days on Branch 20 and 30 are 999.

6. Create a Sales Order Entry (P4210) version with Inventory Commitment Preference activated for all orders.

7. Create a Sales Order (P4210) with Branch M30 in the header and a Requested Date 14 days from today.
  a. Enter an order Quantity of 4 Units (same as what is available in Branch 20)
  

  b. Leave the branch plant blank and edit the line.

  c. Branch Plant 10, the preferred branch was NOT selected.
  d. Instead the Header Branch M30 was selected.

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